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By KYLE GRABOWSKI

HADLEY – Grizzly Cyr might be more appropriate now.Hopkins Academy freshman Teddy Cyr scored 19 of his team-high 20 points in the second half and hit a dagger 3-pointer in the final 20 seconds to send the Golden Hawks to their first Western...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST — A bigger picture guided Tessa Kawall.The Amherst Regional senior only needed six points to reach 1,000 for her career Monday against Northampton, but it was in a Western Massachusetts Class A quarterfinal. Advancing superseded personal...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

BOSTON – David Piñero-Jacome honed his kick all season exactly for that moment.There were 100 meters left in the boys 1,000-meter run at Sunday’s MIAA Division 3 Indoor Track & Field Championships. The Amherst junior ran third on the Reggie Lewis...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

CAMBRIDGE – Lucy Smith placed one hand on fellow Amherst Regional senior Deborah Wells’ back, said, “I’ve got something for you.”She handed over the MIAA Division 2 Girls Swimming state finalist trophy she’d held since the Hurricanes received it to...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

BOSTON – Emma Sanford turned her head frantically. South Hadley indoor track coach Nick Davis waved at her to take her turn at long jump. She’d already skipped one.MIAA officials, media members, friends, family and fans wanted Sanford to pose for a...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

NORTHAMPTON – Ava Azzaro scored 23 points, as the Northampton girls basketball team handled Ludlow 80-14 on Monday.The Blue Devils won their third game in a row down the stretch with senior night against West Springfield next on the docket Tuesday...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

SPRINGFIELD – Amherst could only chase a time.The Hurricanes trailed Longmeadow by a point entering the final event of Sunday’s Central/West Girls Swimming & Diving championships, the 400-yard freestyle relay. Amherst, the No. 1 seed and defending...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Maximus Lockett looked like a basketball player. He stood 6-foot-7, 185 pounds as a freshman and played varsity basketball at Northampton. Basketball occupied most of his life, as Lockett traveled the country on the AAU circuit and logged highlight...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

HOLYOKE – Should Tuesday’s game against Taconic be the final time Bianca Ortiz plays in John “Jinx” O'Connor Gymnasium, the Holyoke senior left an indelible impression.She poured in 37 points in a 71-37 win over the Thunder. It wasn’t even a career...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

NORTHAMPTON – Keagan Hollister wagered with Quane Randall last season: if he didn’t make the varsity basketball team, he would come out for wrestling.“It was a joke. He’s always trying to recruit people,” Hollister said. “Then I got cut. He told the...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST – The Suburban League South can’t handle Amherst.The Hurricanes boys basketball team remained undefeated in league play after taking out Westfield 63-33 on Tuesday at home. They improved to 6-0 and stayed on track for a league title with two...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

NORTHAMPTON – The Northampton defense swarmed Central in the final minute. Trailing just a point, the Blue Devils sought steals or to send the Golden Eagles to the line. Only they didn’t have enough fouls to get into the bonus and stop the...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

GREENFIELD – Size didn’t matter much to the Greenfield boys basketball team Tuesday against Frontier Regional.The Green Wave controlled the Hampshire League South matchup from the opening tip in a 73-45 victory at Nichols Gymnasium despite giving up a...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

SOUTH HADLEY – West Springfield used a 10-point burst to pull away from the South Hadley boys basketball team in the fourth quarter Wednesday.The Tigers fell 44-34, losing for the second straight game after a 7-0 start to the season.“We definitely...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

EASTHAMPTON – With less than 20 seconds to go on Tuesday night and the Easthampton girls basketball team down by four points, the Eagles needed a basket to keep their undefeated season alive – and they needed one fast. Easthampton charged down the...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

SOUTH HADLEY – The pressure commences at the first dead ball. South Hadley sends all five of its players to the opponents’ side of the court. Inbounding becomes obscured. Outlet passes are denied. Ball handlers are doubled in compromising...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

SOUTH HADLEY – Drew Alley scored 10 points in the first half and helped the South Hadley girls basketball team pull away from Hampshire Regional 47-29 at home on Tuesday.The Tigers (5-1) scored the game’s first seven points and opened with a 17-2 run....

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

WESTHAMPTON — One Belchertown warm-up 3-pointer swished the Hampshire Regional net. Then a second. A third. A fourth followed with a fifth, each from a different shooter. The Orioles groaned collectively when the sixth bounced off the front rim and...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

WESTHAMPTON – Connor White scored 14 points, and the Belchertown boys basketball defense clamped down to defeat Hampshire Regional 60-42 on Monday in Westhampton.The Orioles (5-2) used a 9-1 run to separate in the first quarter after an early 5-5...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

NORTHAMPTON – Kyle Dale cracked a window into the lane with a jab step. His Hampshire Regional boys basketball team trailed Smith Vocational by two with less than a minute to in the Vikings gym Saturday.The Raiders had lost their first seven games of...